English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Kingswood

Major Settlement in the Parish of Delamere Forest

Historical Forms

  • Kingswood 1819 EnclA

Etymology

a division of the royal forest of Delamere Forest, cf. 210supra , v. cyning , wudu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name